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Exodus 14:16

And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

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ASV

And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.

KJV

But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַתָּ֞הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
הָרֵ֣םha.RemraiseH7311 →
אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
מַטְּךָ֗ma.te.Khastaff yourH4294 →
וּנְטֵ֧הu.ne.Tehand stretch outH5186 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יָדְךָ֛ya.de.Khahand yourH3027 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
הַיָּ֖םhai.Yamthe seaH3220 →
וּבְקָעֵ֑הוּu.ve.ka.'E.huand divide itH1234 →
וְיָבֹ֧אוּve.ya.Vo.'uso they may goH935 →
בְנֵֽי־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
בְּת֥וֹךְbe.Tokhin [the] middle ofH8432 →
הַיָּ֖םhai.Yamthe seaH3220 →
בַּיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃bai.ya.ba.Shahon the dry groundH3004 →

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Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,Exodus 7:19And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”2 Kings 4:29So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”Exodus 4:20So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.Exodus 4:17But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”Exodus 4:2And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.Isaiah 10:26And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.Exodus 7:9“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”Exodus 14:26Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”Mark 4:39Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.Numbers 20:8“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”Isaiah 43:16Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,Numbers 20:8–9“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”Numbers 20:11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.Exodus 14:21–22Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,Joshua 8:18Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,

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About Exodus

The Egyptians Drown in the Sea — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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